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romney could speak about obama care the way mr. santorum does, not simply as a policy disagreement, but as a threat to our freedom, he would be locking up the nomination." are they right, joe? >> if it was a threat to our freedom, why did the heritage foundation, which is the source of all wisdom for the right wing of the republican party, first come up with mandates? mean, is the heritage foundation a threat to our freedom? was newt gingrich a threat to our freedom when he wanted a mandate? i don't think that argument is going to fly very far when you have a real debate over this. just the way i think that the attack on health care reform is going to falter when people understand better what the health care reform actually is. there are still polls that show that people don't understand what the bill really does. even, you know, two years later. so -- and i think that is the fault of the white house in many ways, but still, we're going to -- if we're going to have a real debate over this, i'm not so sure that being the guy who can
romney could speak about obama care the way mr. santorum does, not simply as a policy disagreement, but as a threat to our freedom, he would be locking up the nomination." are they right, joe? >> if it was a threat to our freedom, why did the heritage foundation, which is the source of all wisdom for the right wing of the republican party, first come up with mandates? mean, is the heritage foundation a threat to our freedom? was newt gingrich a threat to our freedom when he wanted a...
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but i'm all for mitt romney. i'm for everybody getting out. >> but none of the republican presidential candidates have any plans to get out. it could be a brutal battle to the finish. >>> he's all alone. this is his decision. nobody is standing there with him. >> the president makes his case for re-election with the look back on the past three years and some very big decisions. we're going to talk with the national press secretary. >>> we desperately need a game changing pick and none of the middle aged white guys are game changers. >> that's how sarah palin was picked for the republican presidential ticket. we give you a behind the scenes look at hbo's new movie "game change" with one of the
but i'm all for mitt romney. i'm for everybody getting out. >> but none of the republican presidential candidates have any plans to get out. it could be a brutal battle to the finish. >>> he's all alone. this is his decision. nobody is standing there with him. >> the president makes his case for re-election with the look back on the past three years and some very big decisions. we're going to talk with the national press secretary. >>> we desperately need a game...
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is romney no longer inevitable and does gingrich have a devious plan to stop mitt romney? >>> plus, the president and the british prime minister, a joint news conference one hour away. what will they say about the end game in afghanistan. america's defense chief arrives in afghan san in full damage control mode after a shooting rampage. live coverage from kabul coming up. >>> then, is a new film to fight bullying being silenced because of the r rating? >> we'll talk with the filmmaker behind it. lee hirsch. >>> i'm thomas roberts. the grits have hit the fan. rick santorum sweeping two deep southern state. once again shall the race for the gop nomination has hit the reset button. all that talk of romney being inevitable turned on its head. santorum showing true grit by taking both alabama and mississippi despite expectations. he might fall short. mitt romney's cheesy grits strategy clearly didn't work. he came in third. third place in both those
is romney no longer inevitable and does gingrich have a devious plan to stop mitt romney? >>> plus, the president and the british prime minister, a joint news conference one hour away. what will they say about the end game in afghanistan. america's defense chief arrives in afghan san in full damage control mode after a shooting rampage. live coverage from kabul coming up. >>> then, is a new film to fight bullying being silenced because of the r rating? >> we'll talk with...
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mitt romney has the ground game. and yet he could only beat us by a hair's breath margin. >> the real problem for the romney campaign, as david says, if you're going to try to change this narrative the next couple weeks does not look kind to him. you have a bunch of contests where mitt romney is not looking to do well in smaller caucuses. southern states where rick santorum has proved convincingly that he can do well. you're already beginning to hear the calls from the santorum crowd for mr. gingrich to leave because if that were to happen, you'd have a much more dramatic kind of clash of candidates between santorum and romney, if there wasn't a gingrich to kind of muck up that -- >> and you mentioned the conference call later today, and earlier today mitt romney was on cnbc. let me play what he had to say this morning about all of this. >> i'm prepared to fight all the way to become the nominee. and, you know, i was pleased with our success last night. obviously, we've got a very strong lead and delegates, a very st
mitt romney has the ground game. and yet he could only beat us by a hair's breath margin. >> the real problem for the romney campaign, as david says, if you're going to try to change this narrative the next couple weeks does not look kind to him. you have a bunch of contests where mitt romney is not looking to do well in smaller caucuses. southern states where rick santorum has proved convincingly that he can do well. you're already beginning to hear the calls from the santorum crowd for...
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that romney is a flip-flopper. and rick santorum's reaction to that is causing controversy. take a look. >> we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the etch-a-sketch candidate for the future. >> there is no doubt in my mind that if the choice is governor romney or barack obama, we would have no choice. barack obama's re-election will be a disaster for the united states, and we have an obligation -- >> do you wonder, matt, if this kind of a back and forth kind of might push these weary republican voters to just want it all over with? >> well, i do think that etch-a-sketch thing does -- it's one of those symbols that explode, especially in our 24-hour news cycle these days that kind of define a campaign. i think that will stick with romney. >> you do? >> i do think it will stick with romney, because obama is going to make sure in the fall if romney is the man that we hear all about the flip flops, there will be repeats of the kind of wind surfing kind of ads we saw back a few y
that romney is a flip-flopper. and rick santorum's reaction to that is causing controversy. take a look. >> we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the etch-a-sketch candidate for the future. >> there is no doubt in my mind that if the choice is governor romney or barack obama, we would have no choice. barack obama's re-election will be a disaster for the united states, and we have an obligation -- >> do you wonder, matt, if this kind of...
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i think we've got a lot of variables at this point. >> mitt romney was trying to connect. i don't know if you stayed up to see jaime plascencia leno last night, but he asked santorum about being his vice president. >> in this days, rick santorum's a good guy. we have differences and background and the differences on some issues. but basically a good guy, and i'm happy with him saying he wants to be in an administration with me. if he's the v.p., that's better. i'd rather be the president and he be the vice president. >> put the odds or chances on a romney/santorum ticket. >> zero. and this is the difference, this guy can't honestly say what he feels. we know there's contention there when we saw santorum last week, there's an authenticity about him that romney will never have because it's not him. >> you want to give me a percentage? >> there's a higher percentage of -- i don't even know. i don't think it's going to happen. at this point, there's a lot of bad blood and it's just -- there's no way. there's -- i just can't see it. >> thanks to both of you. >>> we also want to
i think we've got a lot of variables at this point. >> mitt romney was trying to connect. i don't know if you stayed up to see jaime plascencia leno last night, but he asked santorum about being his vice president. >> in this days, rick santorum's a good guy. we have differences and background and the differences on some issues. but basically a good guy, and i'm happy with him saying he wants to be in an administration with me. if he's the v.p., that's better. i'd rather be the...
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just in case romney doesn't get the number of delegates he needs to win, 1,144. that's why he's staying in on that chance, you know, he could still have a shot. >> yeah, meantime, there's new .olls, interesting stuff out president obama's beating mitt romney in three key swing states. look at this, in florida, by 49-42, ohio, 47% to 41%, pennsylvania by three points. he does even better among women, and no one has won the white house since 1960 without carrying at least two of these states. do you think democrats are feeling more confident now, karen? >> we're saying democrats shouldn't get cocky, but it's evident the polls are saying 53% of americans, voters do not like -- are. >> 53% like ability rating of president obama, mitt romney the likability, 34%. 34%. >> here's the thing, we know mitt romney, this is not his first go round at this rodeo. there's nothing new. and the whole etch-a-sketch thing was poignant because it underscored this was a man willing to pander for anything and everything. and at this juncture in our history, i think we need a president
just in case romney doesn't get the number of delegates he needs to win, 1,144. that's why he's staying in on that chance, you know, he could still have a shot. >> yeah, meantime, there's new .olls, interesting stuff out president obama's beating mitt romney in three key swing states. look at this, in florida, by 49-42, ohio, 47% to 41%, pennsylvania by three points. he does even better among women, and no one has won the white house since 1960 without carrying at least two of these...
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of romney 2.0 is authentic. to your point, they believe the guy who ran massachusetts is the real mitt romney but he can't get elected in a republican primary. >> i fear religion is playing a larger role than has been acknowledged which is a sad commentary. i think the lds status of mitt romney, his membership in the church, how else to explain he can't get to 30% in the south? >> here is what i think. i don't think him being mormon in itself is totally disqualifying in the south, but i think the fact that he has trouble relating to them culturally on other issues and seems a bit removed and has struggled to connect with ordinary folks, when you throw in the fact he has a different religion and he can't relate to them either in their faith tradition, it just adds another obstacle. >> you might be right but i looked at some of the exit surveys for tennessee in particular where three-quarters of the folks were saying i need somebody like me when it comes to religion to vote for them. i say it's not a theocracy, it
of romney 2.0 is authentic. to your point, they believe the guy who ran massachusetts is the real mitt romney but he can't get elected in a republican primary. >> i fear religion is playing a larger role than has been acknowledged which is a sad commentary. i think the lds status of mitt romney, his membership in the church, how else to explain he can't get to 30% in the south? >> here is what i think. i don't think him being mormon in itself is totally disqualifying in the south,...
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jeb bush has endorsed mitt romney. of course, bush was probably the most frequently heard name, along with maybe chris christie and mitch daniels for somebody who would be a white knight who would vid into a contested convention. but here's the statement that we just got from the former florida governor. ting chi part of it is this -- from the romney perspective, primary elections have been held in 34 states and now is the time for the republicans to unite behind governor romney. so the influential former governor jeb bush endorsing mitt romney. we'll have a lot more on that coming up. >>> right now, the president is on his way to vegas as part of a four-state tour this week to highlight energy policies as gas prices, of course, continue to rise. the national average now $3.86 a gallon, up more than 30 cents from a year ago. the president's first stop will be at the nation's largest operating solar cell plant which uses nearly 1 million solar panels to power 17,000 homes. coral davenport is a correspondent for "nationa
jeb bush has endorsed mitt romney. of course, bush was probably the most frequently heard name, along with maybe chris christie and mitch daniels for somebody who would be a white knight who would vid into a contested convention. but here's the statement that we just got from the former florida governor. ting chi part of it is this -- from the romney perspective, primary elections have been held in 34 states and now is the time for the republicans to unite behind governor romney. so the...
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no romney/santorum ticket, ari? >> i don't think you are going to see that romney/santorum ticket. when asked about a general open-ended strong question, who is going to be potential your nominee, he's having to spend time pivoting back to taking santorum down. but look, mitt romney has been underestimated throughout this thing. if there's one attribute he has, it's going negative effectively. he's had five different competitors who were supposed to be the alternative and each time he's come at them hard and negative. oh, he sounds awkward or uncomfortable, guess what? he doesn't sound as uncomfort able the person with the pile of negative advertising who keeps getting crushed. >> let's bring in ken blackwell for family empowerment at the family research institute. good morning. >> good morning, always good to be with you. >> i think you probably heard mitt romney say he's the far right economic conservative. do you buy that? >> well, look, here is the challenge, what voters are looking for are a solid, well-rounded portfolio conservative, and each of the candidates have their own
no romney/santorum ticket, ari? >> i don't think you are going to see that romney/santorum ticket. when asked about a general open-ended strong question, who is going to be potential your nominee, he's having to spend time pivoting back to taking santorum down. but look, mitt romney has been underestimated throughout this thing. if there's one attribute he has, it's going negative effectively. he's had five different competitors who were supposed to be the alternative and each time he's...
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. >> mitt romney. >> i looked at mitt romney's record. i can't figure out what he stands for. >> i just don't relate to romney. >> he doesn't have the strength to stand up against obama. >> newt gingrich can beat obama. >> not everyone in washington likes newt but maybe that's a good thing. >> interesting message. what do you make of it? >> i really think this is the dying gasp of a personal vendetta that gingrich has. he has really been out of the conversation. he is really only competitive in perhaps georgia his home state and maybe oklahoma. he is trying to get back into the conversation. i don't think he is going to do it. these ads may help santorum more than gingrich. >> rick santorum would love to hear that. we should remind folks these ads aren't just about the republicans. the rnc has released an ad targeting the president. let's play that one. >> so there you have the ad accusing the president of being more concerned with fundraising and focusing on the economy although it doesn't mention economic improvement as of late. can thi
. >> mitt romney. >> i looked at mitt romney's record. i can't figure out what he stands for. >> i just don't relate to romney. >> he doesn't have the strength to stand up against obama. >> newt gingrich can beat obama. >> not everyone in washington likes newt but maybe that's a good thing. >> interesting message. what do you make of it? >> i really think this is the dying gasp of a personal vendetta that gingrich has. he has really been out of...
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there may be nerves in the romney camp about illinois, because now it looks like the romney campaign will make a major investment there to beat rick santorum and newt gingrich. jackie coup sin itch is a political analyst as well as michael steele. michael, romney's line to his donors in new york city went something like this. it's going to be a long road, but we're winning the most delegates and we're going to be the nominee. kind of like what he said in an interview yesterday. >> right. >> by the way, last night i got more delegates than anybody else. so this is a process of becoming the nominee. we're pursuing that. some who are very conservative may not yet be in my camp, but they will be when i become the normal anemia and face barack obama. >> is that the right message? >> it is. they want to know, you know, how sure are you about the footing you have ragt now? how are you doing in your delegate count? what's your burn rate so far? how much are you taking in? >> did you take that at all to say to those other people to mean the conservatives who have supported rick santorum or ne
there may be nerves in the romney camp about illinois, because now it looks like the romney campaign will make a major investment there to beat rick santorum and newt gingrich. jackie coup sin itch is a political analyst as well as michael steele. michael, romney's line to his donors in new york city went something like this. it's going to be a long road, but we're winning the most delegates and we're going to be the nominee. kind of like what he said in an interview yesterday. >> right....
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romney scores 38%. rick santorum is at 32%. >> having just won five contests in a row now suggests i'm getting greater support. that's because people want to see someone replace barack obama. >> our poll suggests that republicans have been badly damaged by the nomination fight. 40% now have a less favorable opinion of the gop. and as to describe the rice in one word, they said unenthusiastic and depressed. for rick santorum, tomorrow is arguably his make or break moment. >> i think we're doing fine. but look. every time you get to these races and governor romney goes out there and outspends you four to one, it's going to take a toll. this is a game of survival. >> joining me today is susan page and joe cohnson. good morning. >> good morning. >> there are signs that tea partiers and the most conservative republicans are starting to coalesce behind mitt romney. but should he be concerned about the damage this race is doing. his favorable and unfavorable rating is 28% to 29% 39%. >> romney has sustained un
romney scores 38%. rick santorum is at 32%. >> having just won five contests in a row now suggests i'm getting greater support. that's because people want to see someone replace barack obama. >> our poll suggests that republicans have been badly damaged by the nomination fight. 40% now have a less favorable opinion of the gop. and as to describe the rice in one word, they said unenthusiastic and depressed. for rick santorum, tomorrow is arguably his make or break moment. >> i...
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the romney. it's defined as the three and a half hour window in which a grown man running for president can change his deeply held conviction to its opposite. >> jon stewart is reacting to mitt romney's changing position on the controversial blunt amendment that would have let employers and their insurance companies deny birth control and other health coverage on religious or moral grounds. it failed yesterday. still it was a chance for rick santorum to join stewart in piling on romney. >> my gut reaction would be you stand for the first amendment. you stand for freedom of religion. you stand for the first amendment rights. >> i'm joined by chief washington correspondent john horwood and also rich wolf. this is being played as a wedge issue, although you argue in your "new york times" piece that the candidates are concocting wedge issues. >> in the way the two parties are now, democrats are consistently liberal. republicans consistently conservative. there really aren't many clear philosophical d
the romney. it's defined as the three and a half hour window in which a grown man running for president can change his deeply held conviction to its opposite. >> jon stewart is reacting to mitt romney's changing position on the controversial blunt amendment that would have let employers and their insurance companies deny birth control and other health coverage on religious or moral grounds. it failed yesterday. still it was a chance for rick santorum to join stewart in piling on romney....
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and i think that the fact that the current governor of the island has supported romney and romney has spoken for it becoming a state but hasn't talking about english becoming the requirement, that may help romney. but the differences is subtle. >> i don't remember an election where we paid so much election to puerto rico and guam and american samoa. but is it about there's so much talk about will anyone go to the convention with 1,144 gel dates and literally every single one counts? >> we had this conversation in 2008 when the contest between then senator clinton and then senator obama went all the way out. so many states that had never had the opportunity to weigh in on the nomination of our candidate or had the benefit of having the campaigns come and campaign in their states and areas were getting that attention. so you know, i just like to remind people that both from the perspective of the rnc and dnc, this was supposed to be a good thing. it was supposed to be more people from different parts of the country and different parts of whether it's the republican or democratic party d
and i think that the fact that the current governor of the island has supported romney and romney has spoken for it becoming a state but hasn't talking about english becoming the requirement, that may help romney. but the differences is subtle. >> i don't remember an election where we paid so much election to puerto rico and guam and american samoa. but is it about there's so much talk about will anyone go to the convention with 1,144 gel dates and literally every single one counts?...
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mitt romney leading by seven points in that state. romney's super pac is pounding santorum again. s it's spending $3 million in wisconsin on ads. >> in 20 years in washington, santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times. and for billions of wasteful spending including the bridge to nowhere. santorum voted against national right to work -- >> i want to bring in chris hayes host of "up" and michael scherrer who wrotes for the caucus. good morning. >> good morning. >> this seems to be like a boxing match where one guy is on the mad and the count's go on with the ref but he keeps getting up. is santorum going to keep getting up forever, chris? >> it seems to me mathematically, look at the delegate allocation, it is no longer really that possible for plaus -- it's possible but not plausible that santorum can get the amount of delegates to get the nomination. it is possible, though the possibility is diminishing he can prevent romney from getting outright number he needs before the convention to sort of make him go to the convention without a nomination. my sense is that inevitabl
mitt romney leading by seven points in that state. romney's super pac is pounding santorum again. s it's spending $3 million in wisconsin on ads. >> in 20 years in washington, santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times. and for billions of wasteful spending including the bridge to nowhere. santorum voted against national right to work -- >> i want to bring in chris hayes host of "up" and michael scherrer who wrotes for the caucus. good morning. >> good...
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david plouffe says romney would hardly be in a position to attack the president. >> mitt romney's the godfather of our health care plan. if he's president, remarkably, he's running away from that past. and he's going to say he's going to try and throw all this away. we're going to have a big fight about health care again. >> that is santorum's argument. how big is health care, you think, going to play eventually in this overall general election? >> there's no question that it changes the politics of health care, whether santorum or romney is the nominee. we've got santorum actually going to the supreme court today speaking from the steps and using this trial that's beginning as a way to underscore that argument. and saying that romney won't be able to campaign on this issue. i think mitt romney would take issue with that. mitt romney has made a lot of noise about obamacare, being against it. he is not going to take that lying down. >> molly and nia, thank you both. >>> dick cheney is recovering at a washington area hospital after getting a heart transatlanta over the weekend. the 71-y
david plouffe says romney would hardly be in a position to attack the president. >> mitt romney's the godfather of our health care plan. if he's president, remarkably, he's running away from that past. and he's going to say he's going to try and throw all this away. we're going to have a big fight about health care again. >> that is santorum's argument. how big is health care, you think, going to play eventually in this overall general election? >> there's no question that it...
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santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't think it's going to happen. >> we're not making plans now for a brokered convention. we have rules to handle any possibility and obviously we're going to follow those rules. >> so what are you hearing? is that happening? are they preparing? >> well, the candidates on both sides are preparing for the possibility of a contested convention where neither of the candidates or any of the candidates get enough of those 1,044 delegates to walk into tampa as the nominee. romney talking to lawyers and really looking at this possibility. this seemed unlikely five, six, seven months ago when it was clear romney had the best organization that he had, the
santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't think it's going to...
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the argument between santorum and romney over whether or not romney's massachusetts law disqualifies him is a pretty epic fight. and, of course, if romney is the nominee, and i think we all expect him to at this point, the fight over whether or not he can draw a distinction with president obama on this very animating issue is also epic. >> you could make the argument, amanda, that this is maybe one of the stronger arguments that rick santorum has, well behind in delegates, but this is well timed for him to say, look, mitt romney started the massachusetts health care law under which this was -- under which the federal law was modelled. but will it make a difference after all, do you think, in terms of that political battle? >> well, it is one of the strongest arguments rick santorum has. it's one of the reservations that a lot of conservatives have about mitt romney. they talk about romneycare, the obama campaign certainly is playing it up, saying that mitt romney was in many ways the inspiration for this federal health care law. if the supreme court strikes it down, in some ways romn
the argument between santorum and romney over whether or not romney's massachusetts law disqualifies him is a pretty epic fight. and, of course, if romney is the nominee, and i think we all expect him to at this point, the fight over whether or not he can draw a distinction with president obama on this very animating issue is also epic. >> you could make the argument, amanda, that this is maybe one of the stronger arguments that rick santorum has, well behind in delegates, but this is...
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. >> mitt romney, rick santorum, and newt gingrich. these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. simply stated. we're about promoting the private sector. they're about protecting the privileged sector. if you give any one of these guys the keys of the white house they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> i'm joined by "washington post" national political reporter karen tumulty and new york times caucus blogger. good morning to both of you. >> hi, chris. >> this is the joe biden democrats loved in 2008. naming names, taking no prisoners. you know, i think we're 235 days until the election. karen, are you at all surprised that he was out and relishing this attack role and naming names? >> well, joe biden is, you know, not just great at playing that traditional role of a vice president, as attack dog, but he has a way of, i think, connecting with middle class blue collar voters in a way that the president himself has really struggled. so i'm not at all surprised to see him out there because these are the v
. >> mitt romney, rick santorum, and newt gingrich. these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. simply stated. we're about promoting the private sector. they're about protecting the privileged sector. if you give any one of these guys the keys of the white house they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> i'm joined by "washington post" national political reporter karen tumulty and new york times caucus blogger. good morning to both of you....
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mitt romney won wyoming and guam. issue the best case scenario right now, enough delegates to block romney from getting to 1144. >> it's funny because the romney campaign has been going all over the country talking about how the math is in their favor. mitt romney's math is just like mitt romney's conservativism, it is bogus and doesn't hold up against the scrutiny. >> you need 61% going forward if you get the nomination. >> the secret is romney thinks he can get to 1144. he can't. we can go into the convention with more delegates than mitt romney. he's talking about unbound delegates as if they are bound. he's talking about this whole process moving forward just so he can be the perceived front-runner and nominee at this point. and that hasn't happened. so there are a lot of thing that is can happen between now and then. we still have most of the states in this country left to vote. and we think we are going to do very well there. we have not gotten to some of the states where rick santorum is going to do better incl
mitt romney won wyoming and guam. issue the best case scenario right now, enough delegates to block romney from getting to 1144. >> it's funny because the romney campaign has been going all over the country talking about how the math is in their favor. mitt romney's math is just like mitt romney's conservativism, it is bogus and doesn't hold up against the scrutiny. >> you need 61% going forward if you get the nomination. >> the secret is romney thinks he can get to 1144. he...
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senator marco rubio endorsed mitt romney last night. >> i am going to endorse mitt romney, the reason why is not only because he is going to be the republican nominee. he offers such a stark contrast to the president's record. >> e.j. deon is a columnist and perry bacon an editor for the msnbc contributor. good morning to both of you. e.j., i was watching the entire interview. you heard what he just said, i am behind him because he is going to win and he is better than president obama. is that a ringing endorsement? >> it is not a ringing endorsement. i think what you are seeing here is sort of the last roundup in the republican race. i think wisconsin is the last roundup. rick santorum's original sin was losing control of his message the week before michigan. you really have a race where romney basically has the northeast. the southern states are anti-romney. the western states are split. all the tiebreakers were the big states in the midwest. romney won every sinlg one of those. if santorum can somehow pull out the victory in wisconsin, he could break that pattern. it would make thi
senator marco rubio endorsed mitt romney last night. >> i am going to endorse mitt romney, the reason why is not only because he is going to be the republican nominee. he offers such a stark contrast to the president's record. >> e.j. deon is a columnist and perry bacon an editor for the msnbc contributor. good morning to both of you. e.j., i was watching the entire interview. you heard what he just said, i am behind him because he is going to win and he is better than president...
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of a perfect or even semiperfect alternative to romney and say, you know, the rational choice is romney. we're better off ending this sooner rather than later f. that happens, it will be the voters who will decide because they will have looked at santorum, they will have seen his momentum and said, you know what, that's nice, maybe inspires me to a certain level. but my rational mind is telling me we need to end this process. it's bleeding romney of support among independents right now the longer this goes on. and it's a subtextual dynamic of tonight, of super tuesday and of the entire romney message. >> if rick santorum wins ohio, he can say not only, i am the alternati alternative, but i am the person who can fight on obama's battleground, which is hay peeling to middle class, blue-collar americans, because he's going to say, look at what i did in ohio. and i'm wondering -- i'm going to play this clip from ann romney. and we're going to play the whole thing. but it plays into this perception that mitt romney is out of touch, whether you call them notionals or whatever, going in part f
of a perfect or even semiperfect alternative to romney and say, you know, the rational choice is romney. we're better off ending this sooner rather than later f. that happens, it will be the voters who will decide because they will have looked at santorum, they will have seen his momentum and said, you know what, that's nice, maybe inspires me to a certain level. but my rational mind is telling me we need to end this process. it's bleeding romney of support among independents right now the...